Lives on hold
- Oakland Institute
- 09 July 2012
AgriSol's land deal in Tanzania creates an uncertain future for more than 160,000 people
AgriSol's land deal in Tanzania creates an uncertain future for more than 160,000 people
Le professeur Amadou Mahtar Mbow, ancien Directeur général de l'UNESCO, a dénoncé samedi l’accaparement des terres du Sénégal et invité le pouvoir à mettre en œuvre une gouvernance participative.
The AgriSol investment is a good case in justifying that in Tanzania it is the state which grabs on behalf of the investors as opposed in other areas where land is acquired illegally.
"Le gouvernement est impuissant à réaliser la réforme agraire et à mettre un frein à l’achat de terres par les étrangers dans le pays." Entretien avec Alexandre Conceiçao du Mouvement des sans terre (MST)
Stop Tate and Lyle Sugars buying from suppliers that bleed Cambodian farmers by taking their land. Boycott Tate and Lyle Sugars until they compensate the families who have lost everything so that they can make a profit.
If, as our analysis suggests, there is a need to transition the people’s demand for land from ‘land reform’ and ‘land tenure security’ to something else, then ‘land sovereignty’ as a framework is worth considering.
Palm oil is the world’s cheapest edible oil and a key ingredient in some biofuels. Global demand is booming and agri-corporations are grabbing large swathes of land to expand palm oil production in a new frontier: Africa.
Les femmes sont particulièrement touchées par cette nouvelle phase de la mondialisation capitaliste. Elles peuvent se voir brusquement dépossédées de terres qu’elles ont patiemment mises en valeur.
The Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility has published recommended guidelines for investing in commodities and land.
The land grab phenomenon in Sudan...resembles a fata morgana, a mirage in the desert which completely distorts the object on which it is based
An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.